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Where to get the country specific variables/questions that begin with 's' [message #23065] Wed, 07 July 2021 18:36 Go to next message
Ghose is currently offline  Ghose
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I am working with the latest IR dataset for Liberia. There are some variables that are hard to make sense of without knowing the original question asked e.g. s730ca "how treated by the community: divorce/separation", and those questions are not mentioned on the questionnaire under the final report either.

https://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR362/FR362.pdf

Please let me know if someone is aware of their source.

Thank you.

Ghose
Re: Where to get the country specific variables/questions that begin with 's' [message #23075 is a reply to message #23065] Fri, 09 July 2021 20:03 Go to previous message
Bridgette-DHS is currently offline  Bridgette-DHS
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The variable you are referencing is a country specific variable. For country specific questions, the variables are generally named and coded in the same way as they were on the questionnaire. The variable will have a leading "SH" if the question was asked at the household level, a leading "S" if asked at the women's level, and a leading "SM" if asked at the men's level.

The questionnaires can be found in the appendix of the final report.

[Updated on: Fri, 09 July 2021 20:04]

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